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"Did the other party mention the location of the 10,000 troops and the amount of support?" asked King Slytherin of Shiguo.

Constantine nodded, "There are two garrison locations, one in Samarkand, with about 5,000 people, and one in Aral Sea City, also with 5,000 people, all cavalry, and the supply amount is nine gold coins per person per month, that is, 90,000 gold coins, and then there is food for 10,000 troops and war horses."

Ninety thousand gold coins are acceptable to all kings. The key is that the amount is not large. They can cut their own troops and basically balance it.

Of course, ninety thousand gold coins are equivalent to 180,000 strings of money, which is equivalent to the monthly salary of 30,000 Tang troops. This actually adds the salary of the 10,000 garrisons in Suiye and the 10,000 garrisons in Beiting.

This is equivalent to a disguised protection fee. The court finances no longer bear the military expenses of the Central Plains and Beiting.

Slytherin was a little worried and said, "Are 10,000 Tang troops too few? Can they stop the Arab army?"

Constantine smiled slightly, "Don't worry, everyone. In fact, the Tang army has 30,000 troops stationed in Hezhong and 10,000 in Shiguo, stationed in Tuozhi City and Juzhanti, and supported by Shiguo, because Shiguo has no army of its own and completely accepts the protection of the Tang Dynasty. Ladies and gentlemen, Princess Qianquan will become the concubine of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. The path of Shiguo and us is different.

There are still 10,000 Tang troops stationed in Suiye. Once the Arabs march east again, including the 20,000 troops stationed in Anxi and the 30,000 troops stationed in Hezhong, there will be a total of 50,000 Tang troops to fight. I don't think there is any need to worry."

Constantine then handed the garrison agreement to everyone for review, in duplicate, written in Chinese and Sogdian.

"Everyone, take a look! No objection. All of us will sign and seal on it on behalf of our respective countries. After handing it over to Special Envoy Li, the 50,000 Tang troops of Shiguo will immediately go out. As for how to distribute the support for the 10,000 Tang troops, we will negotiate internally. We can use population as the basis for distribution. I think it is fairer."

Once the specific distribution of support is mentioned, it involves the interests of everyone, and everyone starts to discuss it.

Of course, the agreement was signed without compromise, and Constantine immediately sent someone to deliver the agreement to Li Chenghua.

Li Chenghua left Samarkand overnight and returned to Shiguo.

The 50,000 Tang troops gathered in Juzhanti, and Guo Xin led 5,000 troops to station in Tuozhicheng, Shiguo.

At this time, Bai Xiaode received a notice from Li Chenghua that he had signed an agreement with the Sogdian countries.

Bai Xiaode received news that Dongcao was attacked by the Arab army and the situation was critical. He immediately led 50,000 troops through the Juzhanti Gorge and rushed to Dongcao, 300 miles away in the west.

The Black Caliphs launched the Battle of Talas in the second year after the Abbasid Caliphate established the empire, and were ultimately defeated by the Tang army. The Governor of Khorasan, Abu Muslim, was also killed.

They had to temporarily withdraw from their spying on the Central Asian region and Tocharistan and began to concentrate on attacking Egypt.

It was also fortunate for the Central Asian region that when the Tang Dynasty fell into the An-Shi Rebellion, Rahman, the only survivor of the Umayyad family, fled to Spain and re-established a new dynasty, forcing the Black Caliphs, who had just conquered Egypt, to continue to conquer Spain.

This temporarily saved the Central Asian region from disaster.

The conflict between the Holy Maiden Society and the secular kingdoms intensified, and internal strife continued, which gave the Black Caliphs a new opportunity. At this time, after more than ten years of preparation, they had planted a large number of warriors and merchants in the Central Asian region and collected various intelligence. The conditions for the Khorasan Governorate to attack Central Asian region again were gradually ripe.

Three months ago, the Caliph Mansur issued an order to march north.

The Arab army needed an opportunity to attack the Central Asian countries. The best opportunity was that the Tang Dynasty retaliated against the Central Asian countries, causing panic in the Central Asian countries and asking for help from the Arabs. This was the reason why the Sabah army attacked Suiye and caused the Tang Dynasty to retaliate against the Central Asian region.

But this strategy failed completely after Li Chenghua visited Samarkand.

The Arab army then waited for the second opportunity, and the Sabah army attacked and occupied Bukhara.

This plan was successful. Ziyad immediately announced the dispatch of troops. The 70,000 troops were divided into two sections. First, General Apdi led 30,000 troops to cross the Amu Darya River and enter Anguo. After the front army gained a foothold, Ziyad personally led 40,000 troops to cross the Amu Darya River and came to the Sogdian region.

At this time, Anguo had gathered 85,000 Arab troops, including Sabah's 15,000 troops. Sabah had become the new king of Anguo.

But the Arab army did not attack the Sogdian countries immediately. Ziyad had been paying attention to the situation in Juzhanti. He got intelligence that tens of thousands of Tang troops gathered in Juzhanti, which made Ziyad alert. If his army went north, it would be easy for Juzhanti's Tang army to cut off the retreat.

The first to go to battle was Sabah's army, but he did not attack Juzhanti or the He Kingdom, which was closest to Anguo, but Dongcao.

The reason for attacking Dongcao was Sabah's obsession and hatred in his heart. The wife and two daughters of Anguo's former king Amman successfully escaped from Bukhara and fled to Dongcao.

In addition, the merchant Anyiti who killed his son was also in Dongcao. The hatred of killing his son and taking his wife made Sabah lead 15,000 troops to Dongcao, 500 miles away, as soon as he became king.

Khorasan Governor Ziyad got the news, but he did not stop Sabah's actions. He also wanted to see how Sabah fought against the Tang army.

The capital of Dongcao Kingdom is called Urati, which is also an ancient city with a history of nearly a thousand years. This city originally had a group of food warriors protecting merchants. However, before the Sabah army attacked Bukhara, more than a hundred food warriors Rushed to Bukhara.

As a result, there is no longer Sabah's internal response in Urati City, and it is not easy for his army to capture this strong city.

Tocao Kingdom is a small country with only two cities in the country, one is the capital Urati, and the other is Juzhanti. When Juzhanti was occupied by the Eastern Legion of Dashi, it no longer belonged to Tocao Kingdom.

The only city left in the Dongcao Kingdom was Urati City, with a population of nearly 200,000, accounting for nearly 80% of the country's population. The city walls were built relatively tall and strong, and 20,000 troops were guarding the capital under the leadership of Prince Raj.

The combat effectiveness of the Dongsao National Army is very weak, but everyone knows that once Sabah's army enters the city, the people in the entire city will suffer disaster.

He would not even spare his own people in Bukhara, and would also spare the people of Dongcao Kingdom. Therefore, the army and the people shared the same hatred and defended the city.

Sabah's army attacked for three days, suffering nearly 2,000 casualties, but failed to capture the city of Urati.

That morning, Sabah suddenly received news that a Tang army came from the east, with about 12,000 to 3,000 people, less than thirty miles away from them.

Sabah immediately gathered 13,000 troops to fight against the Tang army. His troops were all cavalry and were very good at fighting. Perhaps they easily invaded Suiye City and killed 2,000 Tang troops.

They did not feel how powerful the Tang Army was. On the contrary, they coveted the Tang Army's equipment.

The spears, swords and armor of their three thousand troops all came from the Broken Ye Tang Army. Except for their different helmets, these three thousand troops were all the same. You could tell at a glance that they got it from the Tang Army.

These three thousand troops became Sabah's guards. If he could defeat the Tang army again and grab 10,000 sets of armor, he would be able to establish a river empire.

With only thirteen thousand Tang troops, Sabah saw an opportunity.

On the vast Gobi Desert, the earth seemed to be steamed and extremely hot. The Tang army set up a large formation with difficulty, consisting of 10,000 cavalry and 3,000 heavy infantry. The leader was Xi Wanli. Xi Wanli was afraid that Sabah would escape, so he They reduced their troops to a minimum, and of course there were 10,000 cavalry who had cut off Sabah's retreat.

Sabah's 13,000 cavalrymen appeared three miles away. They were obviously more adapted to the high temperature and arid climate here than the Tang army. Everyone covered their faces to block the sun's scorching heat on their faces.

Sabah saw that the Tang army was not adaptable to the climate. The Tang army could not hold on for long before their physical strength would be exhausted. He was immediately overjoyed and waved his sword and said: "Kill the whole army, leaving no one behind. Kill all the Tang army!"

At this time, Xi Wanli also issued a killing order.

Sabah's cavalry attacked in overwhelming numbers, stirring up yellow dust all over the sky. They shouted loudly and charged at the Tang army like a pack of wolves.

Xi Wanli coldly ordered: "Heavy armored infantry fight!"